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Federal Policy Webinar Unpacking the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) June 3, 2014
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Federal Policy Webinar Unpacking the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
June 3, 2014
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Our Vision
We seek an America that grows its economy by investing in its people, so that every worker and every industry has the skills to compete and prosper.
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Our Mission
• We organize broad-based coalitions seeking to raise the skills of America’s workers across a range of industries.
• We advocate for public policies that invest in what works, as informed by our members’ real-world expertise.
• And we communicate these goals to an American public seeking a vision for a strong U.S. economy that allows everyone to be part of its success.
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Presenters Rachel Gragg, National Skills Coalition Neil Ridley, CLASP Mala Thakur, National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) Jennifer Wang, Young Invincibles Rachel Zinn, Workforce Data Quality Campaign
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General Overview • Bipartisan, bicameral
legislation with support from leadership
• Reauthorizes WIA for six years, 2015-2020
• Generally focuses on streamlining programs, reporting, and administration
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General Overview • Maintains existing
structure of the law, four titles (occupational training, ABE, W-P, and voc-rehab)
• Maintains funding structure, does not create a block grant or otherwise consolidate existing funding streams
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Eliminates 15 Existing Programs Youth Opportunity Grants, 2) 21st Century Workforce Commission, 3)National Institute for Literacy, 4) TAA Health Care Gap Coverage, 5) WIA Incentive Grants, 6) Pilots and Demos, 7) Community-based Job Training Grants, 8) Green Jobs Act, 9) Projects with Industry, 10) Recreation Programs 11) In-service Training 12) Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, 13) Veterans Workforce Investment Program, 14) Workforce Innovation Fund, 15) Grants to States for Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Individuals
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Process and Timing • Senate will act first,
trying to get “unanimous consent” (UC) agreement for expedited process which limits debate and amendments
• House will follow Senate, could try to move on suspension calendar (also expedited process, no debate or amendments)
• Could potentially go pretty quickly
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Key Infrastructure Changes • WIBs: Maintains existing
structure, with business majority and chair. Reduces required members
• State and local plans: Requires new, unified state plan for all “core” programs. Local plans must be aligned with state plan
• American Job Centers: Must assess effectiveness, accessibility, and continuous improvement at least every 3 years
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Key Employment and Training Activities Changes • Performance measure:
Creates common measures across all core programs
• Codifies elimination of sequence of services, creates new “career services” category
• Signals to states and local areas increased interest in a number of existing best practices, including career pathways, sector partnerships, and credential attainment linked to in-demand occupations
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Key Funding Changes • Statewide set-aside: Restores
to 15 percent • Funding levels: Shifts from
“such sums” under current law to specific funding levels. Generally reaches FY 10 funding levels (last year before cuts started) in FY 17. IMPORTANT: Only authorization levels, not actual funding levels. Unless Congress undoes budget caps and sequestration, very unlikely programs would ever be funded at these levels.
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Detailed Analysis
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/federal-policies/workforce-investment-act/wia-documents/2013-09-16_wia-house-senate.pdf
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Stay Connected
• Visit us our website. • Sign up for our
member email list. • Follow us on:
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Contact
Rachel Gragg, Ph.D. Federal Policy Director National Skills Coalition [email protected] 202-223-8991, ext. 102
Unpacking WIOA:
Neil Ridley CLASP
June 3, 2014
Opportunities to Improve Access and Outcomes for Low-Income Adults and Youth
About CLASP
• The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) develops and advocates for policies that improve the lives of low-income people.
• CLASP’s Center for Postsecondary and Economic
Success seeks to improve policy, increase investment, and strengthen political will to increase the number of low-income adults and youth who earn the postsecondary credentials essential to open doors to good jobs, career advancement, and economic mobility.
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Key Improvements across Programs
• Sharper purpose statement • New definition of individuals with barriers to
employment that is used throughout the bill • Recognition of career pathways as an approach to
aligning services offered by different programs
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Career Pathways
Key Improvements in Performance Accountability • Required use of a performance adjustment model to take
into account participant characteristics in determining expected performance levels
• Increased transparency in reporting on levels of service
and outcomes achieved by those facing barriers to employment
• Incorporation in the new performance accountability
system of a “progress indicator” that counts education and training participants who are making measurable skill gains toward a credential or employment 19
Key Improvements in Adult and Youth Services
• Greater focus on re-orienting youth services toward serving disconnected youth
• Wider range of services available to serve adults (including incumbent worker training and transitional jobs) and more room to use contracts for training (in line with current appropriations authority)
• Permissible to provide work support activities to support
retention and advancement of low-wage workers
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Key Improvements in Adult Education/English Language Services
• Sharper focus on transitions to postsecondary education and employment
• Support for career pathways, integrated education and
training and other promising approaches • Greater alignment with partners through comprehensive
planning, performance accountability and the one-stop system
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Contact Information
For more information: Neil Ridley, CLASP [email protected] 202-906-8010 For updates: • Sign up at www.clasp.org • Follow us on Twitter: @CLASP_DC
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Workforce Investment Opportunity Act
Unpacking the Youth Provisions
Mala B. Thakur, Executive Director National Youth Employment Coalition
June 3, 2014
ABOUT NYEC
• National member network established in 1979.
• Mission: improve the effectiveness of
organizations that help youth become productive citizens.
• Members: direct service providers,
researchers, policymakers, advocates, intermediaries and technical assistance providers from across the nation.
• Our Work: NYEC sets and promotes quality standards; tracks, crafts and informs public policy; promotes professional development ; and supports capacity-building efforts.
National Youth Employment Coalition www.nyec.org
Original Themes
• Eligibility • Performance Measures & Program
Elements • Funding and Formula • Innovation and Capacity Building • Youth Councils
To review NYEC’s WIA Reauthorization Recommendations visit: • http://www.nyec.org/content/documents/FinalWIARecsNov20091.p
df
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Key Themes - WIOA
• Funding: Maintains a separate funding stream
for youth programs (youth activities, YouthBuild and Job Corps) – no consolidation
• Low Income Priority: Focuses on underserved
youth populations, with an emphasis on out of school youth
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Key Themes - WIOA
• Systems Alignment: Provides more intentional linkages to secondary/postsecondary education and career pathways
• Measurement of Skill Attainment: Offers
an opportunity to capture and measure progress over time
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Key Youth Provisions - WIOA
• Simplifies Determination of Income Eligibility for Out of School Youth
-Includes Free or Reduced Lunch as part of the definition of “low-income individual”
-Includes Special rule which allows eligibility to those youth living in high poverty areas.
• Expands the age range for Out-of-School Youth activities to 24 • Expands priority for Out-of-School Youth, with 75% of youth activities funds required to serve this
population
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Key Youth Provisions - WIOA
• Includes progress measures to capture incremental gains
• Maintains an option for a focus on local youth programming via existing youth councils and/or youth-focused entities in local communities
• Maintains and expands program elements • Requires that at least 20% of funds support paid and unpaid work experiences: summer
employment and year round employment, pre-apprenticeships, and internships
National Youth Employment Coalition www.nyec.org
For More Information: Mala B. Thakur, Executive Director National Youth Employment Coalition 1836 Jefferson Place, NW Washington, DC 20036 [email protected] www.nyec.org
Workforce Investment in Action: What the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act means for youth
Jennifer Wang Policy and Advocacy Manager
WIOA maintains youth funding
Specific funding for youth Targeted programs Not consolidated!
WIOA funds youth programs that work
Job Corps Pre-apprenticeships and Apprenticeships National Service - jobs for youth Summer and year-round jobs programs Mentoring YouthBuild Supporting activities at the state level (research, new programs)
Jobs Tour
Funding under WIOA for youth generally
Youth Authorization of Approps: ● $820,430,000 for fiscal year 2015 ● $883,800,000 for fiscal year 2016 ● $902,139,000 for fiscal year 2017 ● $922,148,000 for fiscal year 2018 ● $943,828,000 for fiscal year 2019 ● $963,837,000 for fiscal year 2020
Funding caps instead of “such sums” By 2017, funding for youth will return to 2010 levels Ceiling
Questions?
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Data and Accountability in WIOA
• Advocate for inclusive, aligned and market-relevant education and workforce data that can help our nation’s human capital policies meet the challenges of a changing economy
• Promote federal and state reforms for data systems that provide useful information for policymakers, students and workers, business leaders and educators – State Blueprint with 13 key features of a high-quality data infrastructure – Address federal legislation, funding and technical assistance – Policy agenda developed by broad coalition of national organizations,
state leaders and technical experts across education/workforce spectrum
About WDQC
• Same metrics across all programs • Slight shifts in employment metrics • Credential attainment, skill gains • Employer services metric TBD
• States may add metrics
Performance Metrics
Public Reporting
• States, local areas and training providers must report on core program performance
• ED & DOL will design template • Training providers must report on
all participants
Data Implications
• States directed to use wage records to measure performance
• Credential attainment may
include state-issued licenses and industry-awarded credentials, but states lack data
Evaluation
• States directed to conduct program evaluations; new requirement to cooperate with federal research
• New mandates for adult
education research & evaluation
• Establishes Workforce Information Advisory Council
• More diverse council representation;
data producers and users • Formalizes council input to DOL policy
Labor Market Information
Contact Rachel Zinn, Director [email protected] 202-223-8355
